Uxbridge High Street

I thought it would be interesting to show a few pictures of the shopping area that we walk to, about 15-20 minutes from campus, called Uxbridge High Street. Aside from having lots of clothing stores (which makes it all right with me!) it is also quite a historic area. Windsor Street is the main historic street. Before 1880 it was called 'the Lynch' meaning "the slope" but they changed it - maybe it was too intimidating? :-)









The Fig Tree pub (where we enjoyed Keith's birthday dinner) was originally constructed in 1871 as a police station... so we felt very safe eating there. Ha!









The Queen's Head (another pub - no shortage of these!) dates from 1544 and was originally known as "the Axe". It was a public house and coaching inn, and is said to have a tunnel to the church across the street.










The oldest building on Windsor Street is St Margaret's Church, which is probably also the oldest building in town period. Parts of the building date from 1240 but the majority of the building is from the 14th and 15th centuries. Imagine having that near the Sears and Tim Hortons!











These last pictures are from a former gravesite (now a World War memorial) at the south end of Windsor Street. The cemetary was in use from 1576 to 1855.